finery

名词 n.

中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.

Fineness; beauty. countable,obsolete,uncountable
Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels. countable

— The city also shone through the luxury of the higher castes: in the fineries of their dress, the rich manner of their living, their many servants, silver table services, and showy furnishings.
fine point; minute characteristic countable,uncountable

— the translator should master the language he translates from as thoroughly as his mother tongue, knowing all its fineries
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling. countable,uncountable

— In front of the finery hearth in which the sow is melted down again, the finer is working with a long iron bar called a ringer (from French 'ringard') with which he keeps the molten iron in motion by stirring, an essential stage in the process of refining.

fineries plural

衍生词

superfinery